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Mr Hamish Falconer vs Steve Darling

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Mr Hamish Falconer
Mr Hamish Falconer
Lab Lincoln
vs
Photograph of Steve Darling
Steve Darling
LD Torbay

Voting alignment

Mr Hamish Falconer and Steve Darling voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 254 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 214 different votes 254 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 44% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 9% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 11% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

62.2%
10% below average
Rank 554 of 649
Participation
67.1%
6% below average
Rank 478 of 649
361
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
389
580 eligible divisions
183
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
211
54.2% of votes cast
178
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
178
45.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

65
-13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
Appearances
139
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
641
+503.9 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Contributions
177
+39.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£153,826
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£153,826
32% below average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Housing
24 of 31 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Employment Rights Act 2025 (Investigatory Powers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety Work / Employment
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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